Curriculm Vitae - Mark Lanthier

Curriculum Vitae

Name:
Position:

Mark A. Lanthier
Assistant Professor & Associate Director (undergraduate)
@ School of Computer Science, Carleton University

Academic Qualifications:

Ph.D. in Computer Science, Carleton University (1999)
Masters in Computer Science, Carleton University (1993)

Areas of Interest:

Robotics and Artificial Life
Computational Geometry

Awards and Medals:

Teaching Achievement Award, 2005
Governor General's Medal, 2000
University Medal for Outstanding Graduate Work, 2000
Professional Achievement Award (for teaching), 1998
NSERC award, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995
Epstein Scholarship, 1992, 1994
Jacob Freedman Scholarship, 1990
Claude Bissel Scholarship, 1989
Dean's Honour List, 1989, 1990, 1991
Ontario Scholar Award, 1986,
Music Award for Outstanding Achievement, 1986
Gold medal, Rope Climbing competition in 3rd Int. BEAM Robot Olympic Games, 1994
Gold medal, Legged Race competition in 3rd Int. BEAM Robot Olympic Games, 1994
Silver medal, Rope Climbing competition in 2nd Int. BEAM Robot Olympic Games, 1993

Work Experience:

Position Held Period Place

Assistant Professor July 2000-present Carleton University

Instructor August 2001 Department of Software

Instructor Summer 2000 BEA Educational Services

Instructor I (95.101, 95.105, 95.106, 95.202)
1997-2000 Carleton University

Sessional Lecturer (95.105, 95.206)
1994-1996 Carleton University

Teaching Assistant (95.105, 95.206, 95.405)
1991-1997 Carleton University

Software Designer / Programmer 1991 IIT (NRC)

Software Designer / Programmer 1990 Imapro Corp.

Junior Hardware Engineer 1989 Gandalf Data Ltd.

Publications

Papers in Conference Proceedings:

P. Chamoun, M. Lanthier, "Rigous Movement of Convex Polygons on a Path Using Multiple Robots", Robotics and Sensors Environments (ROSE 2012), Magdeburg, Germany, November 2012, pp. 174-179. (pdf)

E. Velazquez, N. Santoro, M. Lanthier, "Pro-active Strategies for the Frugal Feeding Problem in Wireless Sensor Networks", in Proc. 2nd Int. ICST Conference on Sensor Systems and Software, Miami, USA, December 2010, pp.189-204. (pdf)

J. Chen, M. Lanthier, M. MacPherson, D. Nussbaum, "Computing Tumour Coverage as a Result of Respiratory Motion During Radiotherapy Treatment", in Proc. 3rd Int. Conf. on Information Technology and Applications (ICITA), Sydney, Australia, July 2005, pp. 107-112. (pdf)

M. Lanthier, D. Nussbaum, T.-J. Wang, "Calculating the MeetingPoint of Scattered Robots on Weighted Terrain Surfaces", in Proc. CATS2005, Vol 27, No. 4, Australia, January 2005, pp. 107-118. (pdf)

M. Lanthier, D. Nussbaum, A. Sheng, "Improving Vision-Based Maps By Using Sonar and Infrared Data", in Proc. 10th Int. Conf. on Robotics and Applications (IASTED 2004), Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, August 2004, pp. 118-123. (pdf)

M. Lanthier, A. Maheshwari, J.-R. Sack, "Shortest Anisotropic Paths on Terrains", in Proc. ICALP 99, Prague, LNCS 1644, 1999, pp. 524-533. (pdf)

L. Aleksandrov, M. Lanthier, A. Maheshwari, J.-R. Sack, "An Epsilon-Approximation Algorithm for Weighted Shortest Paths on Polyhedral Surfaces", in Proc. SWAT '98, Stockholm, LNCS 1432, 1998, pp. 11-22, 1998. (pdf)

L. Aleksandrov, M. Lanthier, A. Maheshwari, J.-R. Sack, "An Epsilon-Approximation Algorithm for Weighted Shortest Path Queries on Polyhedral Surfaces", in 14th European Workshop on Computational Geometry, Barcelona, Spain, March 1998. (pdf)

M. Lanthier, A. Maheshwari, J.-R. Sack, "Video abstract: Approximating Weighted Shortest Paths on Polyhedral Surfaces", in 6th Annual Video Review of Computational Geometry, Nice, France, 1997, pp. 485-486. (pdf)

M. Lanthier, A. Maheshwari, J.-R. Sack, "Approximating Weighted Shortest Paths on Polyhedral Surfaces", in Proc. 13th Annual ACM Symposium on Computational Geometry, Nice, France, 1997, pp. 274-283. (pdf)

D. Hutchinson, M. Lanthier, A. Maheshwari, D. Nussbaum, D. Roytenberg, J.-R. Sack , "Parallel Neighbourhood Modeling", in Proc. 4th ACM Workshop on Advances in Geographic Information Systems, Minnesota, 1996, pp. 25-34. (pdf)

D. Hutchinson, L. Kuttner, M. Lanthier, A. Maheshwari, D. Nussbaum, D. Roytenberg, J.-R. Sack, "Parallel Neighbourhood Modeling: Research Summary", SPAA '96, Padua, Italy, 1996, pp. 204-207. (pdf)

M. Lanthier and F. Oppacher, "Towards the Design of Smaller Artificially Living Robots", Intelligent Autonomous Systems 4 (IAS-4), IOS Press, Karslruhe, Germany, 1995, pp. 687-693. (pdf)

Papers in Journals:

M. Lanthier, D. Nussbaum, T.-J. Wang, "Computing an Approximation of the 1-center Problem on Weighted Terrain Surfaces", Journal of Experimental Algorithmics (JEA), Vol. 13, Article No 1.3, 2009.

M. Lanthier, D. Nussbaum, J.-R. Sack, "Parallel Implementation of Geometric Shortest Path Algorithms", Parallel Computing (29), Elsevier, 2003. pp. 1445-1479. (pdf)

M. Lanthier, A. Maheshwari, J.-R. Sack, "Approximating Weighted Shortest Paths on Polyhedral Surfaces", Algorithmica 30(4), 2001, pp. 527-562. (pdf)

Thesis Work:

M. Lanthier, "Shortest Path Problems on Polyhedral Surfaces", Ph.D. Thesis, School of Computer Science, Carleton University, December 1999. (pdf)

M. Lanthier, "Implementation of Adaptive Behaviours in a Simple Insect-Like Robot", Master's thesis, School of Computer Science, Carleton University, Ottawa, 1993. (pdf)